The Wicker Tree
The Wicker Tree
R | 27 January 2012 (USA)
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Gospel singer Beth and her cowboy boyfriend Steve leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they're about to learn the real meaning of sacrifice.

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Chillihead1

Quite possibly the worst re-make of any film and quite possibly one of the worst films ever.

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beorhouse

The original Wicker Man is well-loved by many Christians because there is a beautiful martyrdom of one of our own--and that's the whole point of our walk with Jesus, to take up our own crosses and follow him. Fast forward a few decades and we see the stupidity of the same director as he attempts to present Christianity as some dumbfuck American product in opposition to the religion of a superior Celtic people as represented by the snobbish and petty lords and ladies of Lothain Park, Scotland. First, the Christianity represented by the "Cowboys For Christ" may be typical of much of the Protestant world in the Deep South, but has nothing to do with actual Christianity. And, whoever wrote the cowboy's script for the bar scene didn't know the difference between Catholicism and Protestantism. No Baptist or other Protestant in his right mind would ever refer to Mary as "the Queen of Heaven." That statement would be considered idolatrous. So, that's as far as I got. Apparently the director is trying to make Christians at large look like buffoons. Instead, he's made himself out to be an ignoramus. If I could have given this film a Zero rating, I would have. Schlock at its finest.

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Rich Wright

This film in a capsule.First 60 minutes: Bad country singing. Lots of Bible bashing. Dodgy Scottish accents ahoy. Awful acting, even from the extras. Gratuitous nudity in a bed. Gratuitous nudity in a stream. A LOT of pointless talking. Christopher Lee in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo. I'm sure there was more, but I must have nodded off.Last 30 minutes: Hey-ho, things are looking up. A cat just drunk some poisoned milk. (sniff,sniff). And look, here's an American girl shoving a bit of broken glass up a Scotsman's kilt. Ho, ho. And there's her cowboy boyfriend, being devoured by a bunch of naked cannibals. FINGER LICK'IN GOOD!! And don't forget about the...Oh, who am I trying to kid... it's just dreadful twaddle. It makes The Wicker Man from 1973 look like The Greatest Film Ever and the 2006 remake of that movie... well, let's not go crazy now... 3/10

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Robert J. Maxwell

This remake of "The Wicker Man" is not to be dismissed lightly. It is to be violently repelled and thrown away with great force.Nobody can act. The idea was ripped off from a superb movie and then raped and pillaged. The young woman, Brittany Murphy, does her best to imitate Brittny Spears and fails miserably, probably because Spears is -- or was -- a nonpareil of vulgar celebrity, until replaced by Lady Gaga who is in turn being replaced in the public ardor by Miley Cyrus, who achieves imitation simply by sticking her tongue out and wiggling her ass.Please. Please -- see the original "The Wicker Man".

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